Daniel
It was Saturday night and I was walking to the mall because I couldn't find anyone to drive me there.
Anyways,I was holding the blue cube-thing that I had found the night before. It had some sort of writing on it that I couldn't recognize as anything I'd seen before. I momentarily looked up from examining the cube to see that some kid that was sitting on the curb was staring at the cube intensely. I tried to walk past the guy without having to confront him but he got up and said,"Hey,whats up? What's with the cube?"
Just then I seemed to remember him from last night when I was at the laser tag place. He was one of those crazy kids.
I tried to sound casual with him and replied,"Not much. I found it....."I tried to think of a cover,".....at a garage sale. It's one of those Rubic's Cube kind of puzzles."
He obviously saw that I was lying.He said,"Cool. I'll see ya later."
With that he started to walk away slowly and as he reached the corner,he ran off in a very hurried state.
I shrugged it off and kept walking to the mall. right then I decided that this was a very odd town.
Lynne
Lynne was frustrated. This new club she had joined wasnt seeming like as much fun as she thought it would be. The Sharing was getting weird. They kept talking about how good it would be to 'be part of something bigger'.
She fidgeted in her seat at the meeting and just wanted to go home. But her older sister seemed to like coming here. Maybe it was because of Tom Berenson. Tom seemed to really like her sister. And they always sat together during the meetings. Lynne felt like a third wheel.
"...and now it is time. Will the ones who would like to be full members stand up?"
Lynne sighed. She wished she didn't HAVE to be a full member. She remembered her friend Kyle from school and wished she had managed to drag him here.
But lately, he seemed to be hanging with a new crowd of friends. Like those cool guys named James and Alberto. Well Alberto wasn't exactly cool, but he hung out with James so that gave him points. Plus those girls and some other guys. She didn't want to disturb them so she never approached Kyle when he was with them. They always seemed so tense. And that evening, walking to the meeting, she had seen James staring at this guy who had like a cube with him? What was so special about that cube anyway?
She felt a nudge in her ribs and saw her sister look at her expectantly. Oh yeah..
Lynne stood up and followed Mr. Chapman into a room. But when she stepped through the door and heard it slam shut behind her and saw some weird container with what looked like water snails in front of her, she realized that something was wrong...was she going to have to EAT those snails?
Mr. Chapman smiled. "You're going to enjoy being a full member, Lynne. You are in high school, I presume? Good, we need more student spies."
"Spies, sir?"
"Never mind. I'm sure you're going to enjoy being a full member, Lynne..."
1 hour later.......
Lynne is walking home when she passes a boy carrying a strange blue box. She smiled. He reluctantly smiled back.
All of a sudden Lynne tripped.
Daniel immediately came to help.
Daniel stuck out his hand and the girl took it but instead of pulling herself up, she gave a sharp tug and he came tumbling down next to her! He was shocked as the girl got up and brushed herself off.
"I'm sorry..haha, I couldn't resist!" she said. "Sorry is never a cure, I always say. I always get even.."
He got up and slung his backpack over his shoulder. He laughed,"I guess we're even now, rite? "She nodded, "Uh-huh. Now, excuse me, but I've got to get going."
She spun on her heel and walked off. He wondered if he should catch up with her. She was the first semi-friendly person he had met in this town. He figured it didn't hurt to talk to her some more. But...as usual, he chickened out and decided to go home.
He left the mall entrance and started on his way home. Suddenly, he realized that there was someone walking about 10 meters in front of him. It was a girl definitely and he wasnt certain but it looked like the girl he tripped!
He walked on behind her for a while and she didn't seem to notice him, when suddenly she stopped in her tracks and spun around.
"Are you following me?" she asked.
"No! I'm just going home, I swear!"
"What's your address?" she said suspiciously.
He told her and she laughed. "Well, I guess you're my new neighboor! I live across the street from you, two houses down!"
He smiled and, at an attempt to be a gentleman, he said,"May I walk you home then?"
She laughed and said,"Sure!"
"So, what's your name? I'm Daniel.
"They crossed the street and started walking to their neighbourhood.
"Daniel's a nice name. My name's Lynne."
"Lynne. Wanna see something interesting?" Daniel took out the cube from his backpack and showed it to her.
She smiled and said,"Hmm...I wonder what that is."He shrugged. "I dont really know."
They paused as they arrived at Lynne's house.
Lynne said bye, but then she turned around again and said,"Mind if I come over later?"
Daniel,"It's getting late..."
Lynne,"I'll only be a few minutes, I swear. I just want to have a good look at that box."
Daniel,"Sure..it is only 6:00 p.m.
Lynne, "Okay! I'll be over in a while!"
